Spinturnix americana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Spinturnicidae |
Genus: | Spinturnix |
Species: | S. americana
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Binomial name | |
Spinturnix americana (
Banks, 1902)
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Synonyms | |
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Spinturnix americana is a species of mite that parasitizes bat wings. It was described as a new species in 1902 by American entomologist Nathan Banks. Banks initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Pteroptus. The holotype had been collected from a bat in a cave in Indiana. [1] [2] Species that it affects include the little brown bat, northern long-eared bat, [3] and riparian myotis. [4] It has been documented affecting bats in Indiana and Pennsylvania in the United States, [3] Nova Scotia in Canada, [5] and Mato Grosso in Brazil. [4]
Spinturnix americana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Spinturnicidae |
Genus: | Spinturnix |
Species: | S. americana
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Binomial name | |
Spinturnix americana (
Banks, 1902)
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Synonyms | |
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Spinturnix americana is a species of mite that parasitizes bat wings. It was described as a new species in 1902 by American entomologist Nathan Banks. Banks initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Pteroptus. The holotype had been collected from a bat in a cave in Indiana. [1] [2] Species that it affects include the little brown bat, northern long-eared bat, [3] and riparian myotis. [4] It has been documented affecting bats in Indiana and Pennsylvania in the United States, [3] Nova Scotia in Canada, [5] and Mato Grosso in Brazil. [4]